Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report, Darlington, SC

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, August 5, 2025

399 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $344.89/cwt ≈ $1,798/hd at 521 lb · 22 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $340.00/cwt ≈ $2,251/hd at 662 lb · 16 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $353.14/cwt ≈ $2,182/hd at 618 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	399	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
272	272	2	450.00	$450.00	$1,224	—
385–398	395	4	397.50–400.00	$399.39	$1,578	—
425–435	430	2	395.00–401.00	$397.97	$1,711	—
510–542	529	9	365.00–372.50	$369.45	$1,954	—
555–580	566	6	350.00–360.00	$356.65	$2,019	—
610–625	618	11	330.00–358.00	$353.14	$2,182	—
657	657	3	345.00	$345.00	$2,267	—
715	715	1	325.00	$325.00	$2,324	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	387.50	$387.50	$1,162	—
385	385	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,463	—
443	443	2	385.00	$385.00	$1,706	—
480	480	1	302.50	$302.50	$1,452	-27.50
475–490	483	2	327.50–340.00	$333.85	$1,612	+3.85
565–570	568	3	300.00–325.00	$312.50	$1,775	—
660	660	1	305.00	$305.00	$2,013	—
755	755	2	297.50	$297.50	$2,246	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,088	—
370	370	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,221	—
430–445	435	3	300.00–315.00	$308.35	$1,341	—
455–485	470	2	310.00–320.00	$315.16	$1,481	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,020	—
315–345	330	2	360.00–375.00	$367.16	$1,212	—
360	360	2	357.50–375.00	$366.25	$1,318	—
400–410	409	7	362.50–375.00	$373.25	$1,527	—
506–538 value added	517	6	352.50–370.00	$363.93	$1,882	—
501–545	523	16	320.00–345.00	$337.75	$1,766	—
580	580	1	332.50	$332.50	$1,928	—
600–645	623	2	302.50–317.50	$310.27	$1,933	—
662 value added	662	16	340.00	$340.00	$2,251	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–335	320	2	330.00–340.00	$334.77	$1,071	-7.73
410–430	418	8	335.00–347.50	$340.65	$1,424	+30.65
460–495	484	6	312.50–342.50	$327.25	$1,584	+27.43
540	540	1	307.50	$307.50	$1,660	+27.50
555–595	574	4	295.00–310.00	$299.92	$1,722	+25.01
675	675	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,822	—
771 value added	771	3	275.00	$275.00	$2,120	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–240	225	2	280.00	$280.00	$630	—
255–270	263	2	280.00–290.00	$285.14	$750	+18.87
320–340	330	2	320.00–322.50	$321.21	$1,060	—
530	530	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,272	-20.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200 fancy	200	1	515.00	$515.00	$1,030	—
200–230	218	3	400.00–450.00	$429.01	$935	-10.99
260 fancy	260	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,170	—
250–275	267	3	415.00–435.00	$423.44	$1,131	—
325–345	339	5	398.00–420.00	$408.72	$1,386	+12.37
360–390	377	9	397.50–401.00	$399.29	$1,505	+14.29
400–410	404	4	390.00–397.50	$395.60	$1,598	—
555–590	573	2	345.00	$345.00	$1,977	—
600–635	622	8	337.50–347.50	$344.41	$2,142	—
650–655	653	2	330.00–345.00	$337.53	$2,204	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–290	288	—	—	4	372.50–385.00	$379.35	$1,093	—
410–435	421	—	—	5	350.00–372.50	$354.54	$1,493	+74.54
465–495	480	—	—	2	350.00–375.00	$362.11	$1,738	—
490	490	—	—	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,666	—
505–525	513	—	—	4	297.50–320.00	$305.60	$1,568	-5.51
560–580	570	—	—	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,482	-44.82
570–595	583	—	—	2	290.00–330.00	$309.57	$1,805	+29.57
620–625	623	—	—	2	300.00	$300.00	$1,869	+30.00
660–695	683	—	—	3	265.00–280.00	$269.83	$1,843	-10.17
715–742	739	—	—	8	262.50–272.50	$271.29	$2,005	-8.71
1255	1255	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,770	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	2	300.00–307.50	$303.75	$850	+37.44
310–325	318	2	305.00–330.00	$317.80	$1,011	—
365	365	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,168	+40.00
430–445	435	3	305.00–337.50	$324.23	$1,410	+4.23
450–490	467	6	290.00–320.00	$304.48	$1,422	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160–1285	1222	80-85%	3	150.00–157.00	$152.88	$1,868	—
1145–1415	1266	80-85%	4	159.00–162.00	$160.30	$2,029	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245	1245	75-80%	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,930	—
1290–1680	1440	75-80%	4	159.00–170.00	$165.51	$2,383	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
955–1250	1082	85-90%	3	145.00–147.00	$146.09	$1,581	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915	915	1	157.00	$157.00	$1,437	—
1695–1760	1728	2	184.00–187.00	$185.53	$3,206	—
2025–2060	2043	2	200.00–205.00	$202.48	$4,137	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1025	1025	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	232.50	$232.50	$2,383
1215	1215	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	174.00	$174.00	$2,114
1215	1215	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	167.00	$167.00	$2,029

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1010	1010	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,515

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
890	890	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	171.00	$171.00	$1,522

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
165	165	1	77.50	$77.50	$128	-11.53
175	175	1	57.50	$57.50	$101	-31.53
250–265	258	2	90.00	$90.00	$232	-7.63
305–345	330	4	70.00–90.00	$75.87	$250	—

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Bucks/Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
10	10	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	57.50	$57.50	+11.25
20	20	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	2	25.00–30.00	$27.50	-18.75
20–30	29	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	7	45.00–85.00	$63.21	+16.96
40	40	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	2	75.00–80.00	$77.50	+32.50
40	40	—	—	7	165.00–205.00	$182.14	+137.14
40	40	—	—	1	110.00	$110.00	+65.00
50	50	—	—	21	180.00–260.00	$219.29	+159.29
50	50	—	—	1	135.00	$135.00	+75.00
70	70	—	—	1	145.00	$145.00	+18.33
80	80	—	—	1	200.00	$200.00	+73.33
100	100	—	—	1	265.00	$265.00	—
150	150	—	—	2	360.00–370.00	$365.00	+55.00
150	150	—	—	1	270.00	$270.00	-40.00
200	200	—	—	1	390.00	$390.00	—

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Families

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	2	120.00	$120.00	—
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	200.00	$200.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	2	80.00–87.50	$83.75	—
30	30	3	102.50–137.50	$120.00	—
40	40	1	87.50	$87.50	—
40	40	6	117.50–150.00	$133.75	—
50	50	1	170.00	$170.00	—

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Nannies/Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
10	10	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	1	20.00	$20.00	-35.00
20–30	26	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	5	57.50–80.00	$63.50	+8.50
20–30	27	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	3	27.50–35.00	$30.83	-24.17
30	30	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	3	112.50–132.50	$119.17	+64.17
40	40	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	1	75.00	$75.00	+10.83
40	40	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	4	70.00–92.50	$81.88	+17.71
40	40	—	—	1	185.00	$185.00	+120.83
40–50	44	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	7	97.50–175.00	$126.43	+62.26
50	50	—	—	6	180.00–245.00	$203.33	+120.83
50	50	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	1	60.00	$60.00	-22.50
50	50	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	1	75.00	$75.00	-7.50
50	50	—	—	1	100.00	$100.00	+17.50
50	50	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	1	82.50	$82.50	±0.00
50	50	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	62.50	$62.50	-20.00
60	60	—	—	1	180.00	$180.00	+97.50
60	60	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	1	130.00	$130.00	+47.50
60	60	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	127.50	$127.50	+45.00
60	60	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	1	52.50	$52.50	-30.00
80	80	—	—	1	195.00	$195.00	+92.50
80	80	—	—	1	120.00	$120.00	+17.50
80	80	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	1	155.00	$155.00	+52.50
80	80	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	2	190.00–230.00	$210.00	+107.50
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Bred	1	90.00	$90.00	-12.50
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	195.00	$195.00	+92.50
120	120	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	270.00	$270.00	+190.00

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
35	35	7	40.00	$40.00	-10.00
60	60	2	50.00	$50.00	—

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	1	60.00	$60.00	$348	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	2	50.00–55.00	$52.50	—
30	30	2	70.00–72.50	$71.25	—
30	30	1	150.00	$150.00	—
40	40	3	140.00–190.00	$173.33	—
50	50	3	200.00–225.00	$213.33	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	1	225.00	$225.00	+25.00
80	80	1	260.00	$260.00	+60.00

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.